Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

2016 election marked by passionate electorate, coarseness and incivility

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By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — With the raucous Republican and Democratic conventions long concluded, assessments of the U.S. electorate routinely include such phrases as “mutual loathing,” “contempt,” “unbridgeable antipathy,” a “clash of visions” and “appalling eruptions of hatred.” November’s presidential contest between Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican […]

Father Eugene Hemrick: A garden’s mystique: Quotes to inspire

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THE HUMAN SIDE Roman Senator Marcus Tullius Cicero wrote, “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” Why is a garden precious? One reason is it produces life-sustaining food. It can also produce the life-enhancing spirit of beautiful flowers. Most mysterious and even more precious is its secretive powers of […]

Slain French priest was attack on ‘all of us,’ imam said

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By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Father Jacques Hamel’s gruesome murder in northern France July 26 — by men claiming allegiance to the Islamic State — prompted sorrow and outrage from Muslim leaders around the world. “This attack in a place of worship and on innocent worshippers in particular demonstrates that there are […]

It’s not right to equate Islam with violence, Francis says

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By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM KRAKOW, Poland — An economy that focuses on the God of money, not human beings, is the foundation of terrorism, Pope Francis said. Speaking to journalists aboard his return flight from Krakow, Poland, July 31, the pope also stressed that violence exists in […]

Pope names six women, six men to panel to study women deacons

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has appointed six men and six women to a commission to study the issue of women deacons, particularly their ministry in the early church. In addition to the 12 members named Aug. 2, the pope tapped Archbishop Luis Ladaria Ferrer, secretary of the Congregation […]